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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

The New Doll, Op. 39 No. 9

From Album for the Young, Op. 39 (1878)

No. 9 of 24 in Tchaikovsky's Album for the Young, Op. 39

In Album for the Young

Level
4 of 7
Time
3/8
Length
57 bars
Plays in
1 to 3 min

No speed is printed on this score, so Clefsight plays it at eighth note = 94: the middle of the speeds usually quoted for Andantino. Its length counts from that.

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The opening bars of The New Doll, Op. 39 No. 9
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

  • As written347 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand338 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots169 notes
  • Right-hand melody112 notes

To practise it on paper: a practice chart for this piece, a week of steps from each hand alone to full tempo, with their speeds.

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from G3 to B5, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
  • Accidentals: flats outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 4ths, 5ths, 3rds (skips), 6ths, 7ths
  • Hands playing together, hands taking turns, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position

What stands between you and this piece

Clefsight compares the notes of this piece with what you already read.

Score typed for Clefsight from G. Schirmer, New York, 1904, ed. Adolf Ruthardt, plate 17224 (scan on the Internet Archive), checked note for note, shared under CC0 1.0; the composition is public domain: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in 1893. Credits